Ruimveldt man busted with cocaine pellets in stomach

A 26-year-old chef of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was on Sunday morning intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after he admitted that he had swallowed cocaine pellets. The cocaine mule was about to board a Caribbean Airlines flight to The Bahamas.

Police have since confirmed that the suspect had been on their radar for quite some time and upon seeing him at the CJIA, members of the Police Narcotics Branch confronted and interrogated him. During the interrogation, he admitted that he had swallowed cocaine pellets.

He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital and an X-ray was done which confirmed his confession. He has since excreted 52 pellets, which amounted to 554 grams of cocaine. He remains a patient under guard at the medical institution. He is expected to be charged once he excretes all of the pellets.